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I had this idea independently, but a quick google
search found that it had been around a while. Still, I
thought that it could be interesting to see what the
account: browse community thought. The idea is simply to have a
anonymously, or bullet primarily loaded with cesium, with a thin
get an account jacket. The bullet would be made to fragment and
and write. send lots of tiny pieces of cesium through the body.
The sudden contact with water causes quick
user: production of hydrogen gas. Alternatives include
pass: using fine powder of a reactive metal such as cesium
register, login or aluminum, the fine powder would have more
surface area, and react more violently. Cesium is
pretty expensive for samples (30/g). But at a large
level production I imagine the price would drop
precipitously. Still this would only probably be useful
for special situations like one shot stop terrorist
situations.
Video of cesium in water: [link]
—Tetra, Nov 05 2007

Cesium in bath tub

http://video.google...2134266654801392897
[Tetra, Nov 05 2007]

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You will see in the annos that it was I who improved
this concept by the liberal addition of francium. I
should mention that this spear is 600 feet high, bright
red and smells terrible. [bungston, Nov 05 2007]

Caesium thermal data

http://www.webeleme...s/text/Cs/heat.html
Pretty hot room, [nuclearhobo] [neutrinos_shadow,
Nov 07 2007]

[link]

Not great for CSI: MIAMI, where humidity will play a

great part in the correct holstering of your weapon.
And before you go on about your thin veneer,
mechanical failure should always be built into any
design.

Reactive agents are not recommended for bullets,

unless in closely guarded military environments.

There exists something called plausible deniability,

which allows manufactures of cartridges off the hook
for murders, this will void that.
—4whom, Nov 05 2007

Cool video.
—2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 05 2007

Good point 4whom, it would have to be sufficiently

covered to prevent anything but an extreme accident.
On the other hand the military has rounds filled with
nasty stuff as well (WP HE ect). There is a small
danger, but unless the Cesium is actually inside the
body I doubt that small an amount would cause more
than serious burns in the unlikely event of a
catastrophic failure. And yes, it would be almost
certain to kill (or at least that's the point), which
would violate Geneva for one thing.
—Tetra, Nov 05 2007

I'm struggling to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Did you just finish Gibson's latest, "Spook Country" ?

If not, it's an interesting read.

—normzone, Nov 05 2007

Can't say I have. Is he like Clancy?

—Tetra, Nov 05 2007

Not by my lights.
—normzone, Nov 05 2007

Kind of a miserable thing to want to do to someone.

bone. -
—nomocrow, Nov 05 2007
1: if you want it to explode, why not fill bullet with
explosive?

2: if you are dead set on a reactive metal, why wuss

around with cesium when there is francium to be had?
An example of francium weaponry is linked, for your
edification.
—bungston, Nov 05 2007

I'm pretty sure 1-hit KO weapons are outlawed, even if

they do only run on a flimsy bit of science and a prayer.
That is the reason why exploding bullets aren't widely
used (that, and they're nearly impossible to produce.)
Just throw a shoe.
—Shadow Phoenix, Nov 05 2007

@ bungston. I presume you are joking about 2, because

francium is only existent in minuscule quantities.The
reason for #1 is that for the quantity in the round
cesium would provide more gas, and more energy. Also
high explosive rounds don't reliably detonate on impact
with flesh, and cause surface wounds when they do (so
that they don't accidentally go off). @Shadow Phoenix:
they violate Geneva, but this wouldn't be for frontline
warfare anyway.
—Tetra, Nov 05 2007

I have never heard [bungston] joke about francium yet.

I have heard rumours that demand for scarce
commodity increases the price.... Also, why on earth
couldn't it be a caesium blunderbuss? And does it have
to kill people then explode them? It could have been a
Happy Hippie Flower Power Blunderbuss of Peace and
Love - that showers one with nice rose petals. "Chill
bro" <Bang!>
—the dog's breakfast, Nov 06 2007

//the fine powder would have more surface area//

No need to make a powder. As cesium melts in your
hand (if you could hold it, that is), it will be liquid as
soon as the bullet leaves the gun. I'd expect it to have
characteristics similar to a mercury filled bullet (which
generally has only a small drop in the nose). The
cesium filled bullet will explode, but unlike the
mercury bullet, the reaction products will produce a
non-toxic corpse.
—ldischler, Nov 06 2007

//As cesium melts in your hand// Cesium is a liquid at

room temperature. This is a horrible idea, which means
the US DoD would surely give you billions of dollars to
develop it. [-]
 —nuclear hobo, Nov 06 2007

[Tetra] Worse, francium is only existent as a decay

product which is itself highly unstable - even if you had
a big enough sample, seconds later you wouldn't have it
any more.
—david_scothern, Nov 06 2007

You would, however, have major DNA damage. Hooray!

—shapu, Nov 06 2007

Good point Idischler, and also true david_scothern . Of

course the bullet made with francium would be
incredibly powerful for the few minutes you would
have it...
—Tetra, Nov 06 2007

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